Transfer device for bookkeeping



y- 0,1941, R. RANDZIO 2,242,618

TRANSFER DEVICE FOR BOOKKEEPING SYSTEMS Original Filed July '13, 1937 NI 5mg, CYM O K I 1695 ATTORNEY Patented May 20, 1941 TRANSFER DEVICE FOR BGOKKEEPING SYSTEMS Reinhold Randzio, Reichenbach in Eulengebirge, Germany Original application July 13, 1937, Serial No. 153,440. Divided and this application June 22, 1939, Serial No. 280,659. In Germany July 14, 1936 3 Claims.

This invention relates to a device for transferring the entry strips of the manifold sheets forming a bookkeeping system to account cards or sheets, the present application being a division from my co-pending application Ser. No. 153,440, filed July 13, 1937, now Patent No. 2,218,297, granted Oct. 15, 1940.

The use of sets of manifold sheets in bookkeeping and for other purposes makes it necessary to employ a mechanical device to facilitate the transfer operations and to enable all strips to be guided by one and the same edge and to be placed exactly one below the other on an account card or sheet. This applies particularly to the system of bookkeeping described in the parent application, which for its proper performance requires a machine capable of transferring the entry strips, guided by their left-hand edge, in such manner that damage to, or loss of, individual strips is prevented and the amounts in the debit and credit columns can be readily added. The work of posting is'completed only after the previously lettered strips have been properly transferred.

It is the object of the invention to provide a device by means of which the entry strips can be mechanically transferred in a perfectly satisfactory manner and which comprises an inclined surface fitted with sorting and pressure bars and a lateral guide bar for the left-hand edges of the strips to be successively moved to the transfer station, a heating or moistening stamp that can be swung into position relative to the transfer station. and a slide serving as support for the account card to be moved past the transfer station and being gradually fed according to the height of the entry strips.

The transferring device can be equipped for the hot pasting process as well as for transferring entries from sheets to accounts by decalcomania, in which case the back of the strips made of transparent paper must be prepared accordingly and the entry must be printed or written on the back in reversed manner.

The invention is illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side view of a transfer device according to the invention;

Fig. 2, a top view thereof;

Fig. 3, a partial section on the line 3-3, of

Fig. 1;

Fig. 4, a side view of a modified form of the feeding means;

Fig. 5, a front View of the top portion of an account card to which several entry strips have been pasted by means of the transfer device according to the invention;

Fig. 6 is a cross section through a moistening device for use in this invention; and

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary section taken longitudinally of such moistening device.

The device substantially comprises a casing I6 in which a slide I7 is displaceably guided. The slide I'i is driven by a hand wheel I 8 disposed on the side of the casing I8 which supports a 2! of the slide ll.

The strips I to be pasted are guided on an inclined plate 22 to the transfer station. The proper sequence of the strips I on the incline 22 is insured by the pressure bars 23 which slightly elastically rest on the plate 22 at their forward ends. According to the different length of the strips I three pressure and sorting bars 23 are provided, one of which is positioned adjacent the left side of the plate 22 near an upstanding stop bar 2 3 guiding the left ends of the strips, and the other two bars 23 are so arranged that they always engage the right-hand ends of the shorter or longer strips. The pressure bars 23 are detachably secured in straps 25 of the casing I6 by means of their downwardly bent ends. When fresh strips I are to be placed on the feed plate 22, the pressure bars 23 must be pulled out. The stop bar 24 near the left pressure bar 23 serves for adjusting the strips I so that their left ends are alined. The strips I can be pushed by hand toward the transfer station at the base of the inclined plate 22, or, as shown in Fig. 4, an endless band 26 may be passed around the plate for mechanically and successively conveying the strips I to the pasting station.

Below the pasting station the slide I! carrying the account card I l is moved step by step by means of the hand wheel I8 in such manner that at each turn of the wheel the slide is moved to an extent corresponding to the height of a strip I to be pasted on the card II. The card II is inserted from the side between two guide bars 2'! provided on the front and rear edges of the slide I! to hold the card in proper position.

When a strip I has been moved up to the pasting station, it is pressed by the springs 28 at the front ends of the pressure bars 23 upon the account card It and the adhesive surface of the strip contacts with the latter.

For transferring the strip I to the account card II, in case the strips are provided with an adhesive of the type which softens and becomes pinion 25 engaging a rack 56 and having a shaft tacky when heated, a heating stamp 29 is pro-- vided which is secured to a horizontal shaft 3i]. At its right-hand end extending beyond the bearing 3| and the casing [6 the shaft 30 is fitted with a hand crank 32 which can be moved to the left against the action of a spring 33 in the direction of the arrow :1: in Fig. 1 so as to cause the stamp 29 to come into contact with the strip I located at the pasting station. At its left hand end the shaft 3E3 is supported by a bracket 36a and the stamp 29 is connected to the shaft 30 by arms 290. In case the adhesive used is of the type which is normally solid but which becomes tacky when moistened, the stamp 29 may be replaced by a moistening stamp of the well known type such as is shown in Figs. 6 and '7. In these figures, there is shown an elongated water reservoir 29a having an open edge portion from which protrudes a pad 291) of some absorbent material such as felt or the like. The reservoir 29a may be filled through a suitable opening normally closed by a plug 390. For the reception of the leaf springs 28 extending up to the pasting station the striplike stamp 29 is recessed at 29. Owing to the pressure exerted by the stamp 29 and to the action of heat or moisture, the strip I is pasted onto the card H as desired. When the hand crank 32 is released, the spring 33 draws the crank and also the stamp 29 back into initial position, the crank being supported by a stop pin 34.

The device shown in Figs. 1 and 2 is equipped for the application of the hot pasting process, for which purpose the stamp 29 is electrically heated. The heating element 35 is directly secured to the stamp, and the switch 36 is attached to a suitable point of the machine frame 15.

For decalcomania, the stamp 29 would have to be constructed so as to serve for instance as a moistener, but the general design of the device could be substantially retained as described.

After each transferring or pasting operation the slide I1 is moved one step as stated.

The hand wheel [8 can be constructed like the feed wheel of typewriters with a ratchet Mia and pawl lfib so as to render the feed of the slide positive within certain limits. The feeding device can furtherbe improved so that the positively fed slide directly returns to its initial position as by means of a spring Ila when the pawl is released.

The invention is not restricted to the embodiment shown and may be variedin many ways without departing from the spirit thereof.

I claim:

1. A device for transferring the entry strips of manifold sheets forming a bookkeeping system to account cards, comprising a base, a member supported on the base and having an inclined surface for supporting strips to be fed to a transferring station at the end of the surface, removable sorting and pressure bars for the entry strips carried by the base and extending along the inclined surface, a guide bar extending along the inclined surface for engagement by the left edges of successively fed strips, an adhesive softening stamp movable relative to the transfer station to effect the transfer, a slide for carrying an account card step by step under and past the transfer station where the entry strip is transferred to the card by the application of the stamp tothe adhesive portion of the strip, and means to operate said stamp and slide.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein an endless conveyor band surrounds the inclined member to support and move the strips toward the transfer station.

3. A device according to claim 1, wherein actuating means for the slide are provided upon release of which the slide directly returns to initial position.

REINHOLD RANDZIO. 

